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Read Psalm 119:1-8


Read Psalm 119:1-8

1Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,a
who walkb according to the law of the Lord.c
2Blessedd are those who keep his statutese
and seek himf with all their heart—g
3they do no wrongh
but follow his ways.i
4You have laid down preceptsj
that are to be fully obeyed.k
5Oh, that my ways were steadfast
in obeying your decrees!l
6Then I would not be put to shamem
when I consider all your commands.n
7I will praise you with an upright heart
as I learn your righteous laws.o
8I will obey your decrees;
do not utterly forsake me.p

Think

The Psalmist invites us to hold ourselves a little closer to the light of God’s law.  He mourns the fact that he is not as righteous as he should be.  Its easy when we’re honest with ourselves to think we’re so awful that there is no hope; but with God there is always hope, so the Psalmist boldly positively prays:

Pray

I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me.’
Ask God to fan your hunger and thirst for his righteousness.


a S Ge 17:1; S Dt 18:13; Pr 11:20
b Ps 128:1
c S Ps 1:2
d Ps 112:1; Isa 56:2
e ver 146; Ps 99:7
f S 1Ch 16:11; S Ps 40:16
g S Dt 10:12
h S Ps 59:4; 1Jn 3:9; 5:18
i Ps 128:1; Jer 6:16; 7:23
j Ps 103:18
k S ver 56; S Dt 6:17
l S Lev 19:37
m ver 46,80
n ver 117
o S Dt 4:8
p S Ps 38:21

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